Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-02-12

by this delusion, so that he says: The
book worth al! other books pnt to.
2cther is the Bible Benjamin Rush,
the leading Psychologist and anatomist
Of his day, the great medical scientist
what did he say? '.The only true
and perfect religion is Christianity"
Isaac Newton, the leading philosopher
of his tme-what did he say? That
man, surrendering to this delusion Of
the Christian religion crying out: 1.-The
sublimest philosophy on earth is
the philosophy Of the gospel" David
Brewster, at the pronunciation OF
whose name every scientist the
world over bows his head, David Brew
ster saying: 90, this .eligion has been
a great light to me, n very great light
all my days" President Theirs, the
great French statesman acknowledging
that he prayed when he said: 81 in
woke the Lord God, in whom | am glad
to believe" David Livingstone, able
to conquer the lion. able to conquer the
panther, able to conquer the savage,
yet conquered by this delusion, this
hallucination. this great swindle of the
ages, SO when they find him dead they
find him on his knees.
WILLIAM r. GLADSTONE,
the strongest intellect in England to-
day, unable TO resist this chimera. this
fallacy, this dclusion Of the Christian
religion, goes to the house Of God ev-
,.- G,LI.yI a.1 1f,Z- 90. 4t. Ax.,u
ton of the rector, reads the prayers to
the people. q, if those mighty intel
lects are overborne by this delusion,
what chances is there for YOU and for
mep
Beside that, / have noticed that first
rate iniidels cannot be depended on for
steadfastness in the proclamation of
their sentiments. Goethe. Il leading
skeptic, was SO wrought upon by this
Christianity that in II weak moment he
cried out: "My belief in the Bible
has saved me in my literary and moral
life Rousseau, one of the NEST clo-
quent champions of inidelity, spend
ing his whole life warning against
Christianity, cries out; THE
MAJESTY OF TIE SCRlPfURES
amazes me- Altamont, the notorious
iniidel, one would think he would have
been safe against this delusion Of the
Christian religion. O, no! After talk
ing against Christianity ali his days, in
his last hours he cried out: .'Oh. Thou
blasphemed but most i~ndulgcnt Lord
God, Hell itself is n refuge if it hide
me from Thy frown." Voltaire, the
most talented inlidel the world ever
saw, writing two hundred and
fifty publications. and the most of
them spiteful against Christianity, HIM
self the most notorious llbertinc of the
century-one would have thought he
could have been depended upon for
stcadfastncss in the advocacy of
INFIDELITY
and in the war against this terrible
chimera, this dclusion of tie Gospel.
But no; IN his last hour he asks for
Christian burial, and asks hat they
give him the sacrament of the Lord
Jesus Christ. Why, YOU cannot depend
upon these first-rate intidels-you can
not depend upon their power to resist
this great delusion Of Christianity.
Thomas PANE, the god of modern
skeptics, his birthday celebrated in New
York and Boston with great enthusi-
asm-Thomas Paine, the paragon OF
Bible haters-Thomas Paine, about
whom his brother infidel. William Car
yer, wrote in "A letter which | have al
my house. saying that he drank a
quart of rum a day and was too mean
and too dishonest to pay for it
Thomas Paine, the adorcd of modern
another mans wife in England anG
brought her to this land-Thomas
Paine, who was so squalid
and so loathsome and Sc
drunken and so protligate and
SO beastly in his habits, sometime,
picked out of the ditch. sometimes toe
filthy to be picked out-Thomas Paine,
one would have thought that he could
have been depended on for steadfast,
ness against this great delusion. But
no. In his dying hour, he bcgs the
Lord Jesus Christ for mercy.
Powerful delusion, all %conquerine
delusion, earthquaking delusIon of the
Christian religion. Yea, it goes on. il
is so impertirent, and it is so overbear-
ing, this chimera OF the
GOSPEL.
that having conquered the great picture
galleries Of the world, the old masters
and the young masters, as | showed in
n former sermon, it is not satisfied
until it has conquered the music
of the world. Look over the
program of that magnificent musical
festival a few years ago in New York
and see what were the great perform
ances, and learn that the greatest of all
the subjects were religious subjects.
What was it one night when three
thousand voices were accompanied
with a vast number of instruments?
'IsRAEL IN EGYPT"
Yes. Beethoven deluded until he wrote
the High Mass in ID major. Haydn de-
luded with this religion until he wrote
the s.CreatiOn.N Handel 1aludaj untll